Risk - Operational Risk Metrics - VP (m|f|x) Warsaw

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The Risk Division is a team of specialists responsible for managing the firm’s credit, market, liquidity, and operational risk. The Vice President role in the Metrics Program is part of Operational Risk, which develops and implements risk assessment and oversight frameworks designed to identify, monitor, and manage non-financial risks—such as those associated with systems, people, processes, and external events. The Risk Division is ideal for collaborative individuals who possess strong ethical standards, quantitative backgrounds, and a keen eye for detail.

Role Overview

As a Vice President on the Operational Risk Metrics Program team, you will be responsible for designing, driving, and implementing the firmwide operational risk metrics program. This includes establishing an overall strategy for metrics that accurately measure operational risks, formalizing requirements in policy and standards documents, and ensuring the effective and efficient implementation of the program through supporting processes and systems. Operational risk metrics are used by the board, the risk committee, and senior management to understand risks and make decisions. This role requires an energetic self-starter who can work as part of a network of cross-regional business, operations, finance, and engineering teams and liaise with a diverse group of senior stakeholders across the firm. Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, as well as a strong desire to learn, will be required from day one.

Tasks

• Design and drive the Operational Risk Metrics Framework, ensuring that metrics are fit for purpose, timely, and reported in a way that drives risk understanding and decision-making across the firm.
• Develop presentation materials for senior management, executive committees, and regulatory reviews regarding metric proposals, developments, and performance.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to implement, refine, and automate operational risk metrics.
• Design and implement scalable workflows, processes, and procedures to ensure effective governance of operational risk metrics.
• Participate in ongoing business-as-usual (BAU) processes, including metric collection, the creation of breach and trend analyses, and issue resolution.
• Design and create mock-ups of dashboards or reports to visualize metric performance and the overall health of the metrics program. Collaborate with engineering teams to implement these.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and testing of strategic metrics infrastructure.

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, computer science, statistics, or engineering.
• 5–10 years of experience, preferably in the financial industry, with a specific focus on risk management
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills
• Experience developing workflows, data visualizations, and business intelligence solutions using tools such as, but not limited to, Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, Python, and SQL.
• Familiarity with operational risk frameworks is strongly preferred.
• A quick learner who can thrive working as part of a cross-regional team while also delivering high-quality independent work.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a focus on delivering results.

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Location

Spire Plac Europejski 1, PL-00-844 Warsaw